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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today inspected the progress of work on the Colombo port city.The Prime Minister and other Government officials visited the site of the construction work and received an update on the project. Once the reclamation work is over the President will declare the new land as part of Sri Lanka and as a special urban development area.The Prime Minister’s office is at present working on the legal system which will apply to the new property which will be part of the Port City. (Colombo Gazette) According to the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, the construction of three 60 storied towers will begin at the site of the project this year. A total of around 269 hectares of sea is being filled by a Chinese company to create the new city and part of it will be developed by the Government and the rest by the Chinese company.More than 50 percent of the reclamation work has been completed for the project. The Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka accompanied the President and discussed matters related to the project.read more

Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Describing the decision “a bit strange”, he told Newsbeat. “Apparently it was common law at the time that when you were scything you had to take your top off, so I did. It’s not a stripper show.” When that photograph of Aidan Turner scything topless in Poldark ended up dominating the national conversation for weeks, the actor took issue with the BBC and declared “it’s not a stripper show”.Three years on, and the promotional picture released for the fourth series of the BBC drama are in something of a similar vein.Turner, wearing flesh-coloured breeches, emerges from the sea in the manner of Daniel Craig in the iconic moment in the James Bond film Casino Royale.The actor, who plays Captain Ross Poldark in the BBC One period drama, offers a throwback to a much-hyped and much-tweeted moment from the first series, when he went bare chested while scything.Fans will see Poldark and his toned torso stepping out of the Cornish sea in the opening minutes of the first episode of the fourth series. But Turner said that he does not mind that fans love him going shirtless so much, joking that they should “go for it”.On the topic of keeping his physique in top shape, he said he “tend(s) to” go to the gym for the role, adding: “I have to keep relatively fit just to fit into the costumes, actually.” Poldark returns to BBC One on Sunday June 10 at 9pm. A promotional photo of Aidan Turner having his make-up applied while shirtless in a fieldCredit:BBC/PA ELEANOR TOMLINSOn on horseback as Demelza in the latest series of PoldarkCredit:Mammoth Screen Aidan Turner appears to pay homage to the iconic James Bond moment when Daniel Craig emerged from the sea in his swimming trunksCredit:Film Stills However, while the viewers may enjoy the scene, it was not such a high point for Turner, who said it was “pretty cold” on the day of filming.He said: “It wasn’t pleasant, no. For a lot of reasons, it wasn’t pleasant.” Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza in a promotional image for the new series of PoldarkCredit:Mammoth Screen Turner had previously voiced his frustration with the BBC’s decision to release a promotional photo of him having his make-up applied while shirtless in a field. When the episode airs, Turner, 34, will not be keeping an eye on social media to see what his admirers are saying, though.He said that social media is “just not my thing”, saying: “I don’t really dig it. It’s not my jam.”I just don’t need that in my life, I don’t care to listen to people criticising me who I don’t know, there’s nothing I get from it.”Video: Poldark star Aidan Turner’s rise to fameread more